News Release

Acadia National Park to move to cashless fee collection starting April 15

By transitioning to a cashless system, park staff will spend less time managing cash and more time helping visitors.

NPS Photo / Brady Richards

News Release Date: March 26, 2025

Contact: Amanda Pollock, 207-288-8806

BAR HARBOR, Maine — Beginning April 15, Acadia National Park will transition to a fully cashless fee system and mobile payments, credit cards, or debit cards at park sales outlets for entrance fees. Visitors who are only able to pay with cash may purchase a park pass from one of nine local third-party vendors.

Cash sales represent less than 5% of in person sales in the park. During peak season, Acadia’s rangers spend up to eight and a half hours per day documenting, reporting, and transferring cash receipts. Moving to a cashless system will reduce the amount of time park staff spend managing cash and increase their availability to collect fees, increasing the amount of fee revenue available to support critical projects and visitor services.

Entrance fees are a critical source of revenue used to improve the experience for visitors in national parks. For example, entrance fee revenue supported last year’s repair of the Bubbles Divide Trail, repairing comfort stations in our historic campgrounds, and removing hazard trees across the park.

More information about visiting the park can be found at www.nps.gov/acad.